Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y vs A12Z Bionic
            Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
            
                
            
        
    
            A12Z Bionic
            
                
            
        
    | 2 Cores 4 Threads 1.1GHz Clock | 8 Cores 8 Threads 2.49GHz Clock | 
| Socket BGA 1515 | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPUUHD 615 23EU 900MHz 330 GFLOPS FP32 | iGPU8-Core A12Z 1.15 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6S 850
                                            
                                             21% | 
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,345
                                            
                                             33% | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6M 1,700
                                            
                                             6% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 4,785
                                            
                                             18% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerIntel | ManufacturerApple | 
| ArchitectureSkylake | ArchitectureApple Silicon 8 | 
| FamilyPentium | FamilyA Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename Amber Lake-Y - Amber Lake-2C - - - - - - | Codename Aruba - A12Z P-Core Vortex - - E-Core Tempest | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 1/3/2021 | Release Date 3/25/2020 | 
| Foundry Intel Intel (PCH Die) - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node 14nm++ 22nm (PCH Die) - - | Node N7 - - - | 
| Die Size 103 mm² 52 mm² (PCH Die) - - | Die Size 135 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 1.8 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 10 Billion - - - | 
| BGA 1515 | Unknown | 
| 2 Cores - - - | 8 Cores 4 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 
| 4 Threads - - - | 8 Threads 4 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 
| - 1.1GHz 3.4GHz Boost - | P-Core 2.49GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| - - - | E-Core 1.59GHz - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Type OPI | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Transfer Rate 4GT/s | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Lanes 4 | - - | 
| Bandwidth 2GB/s | - - | 
| Bi-directional 4GB/s | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | L1 Instruction 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L2 256KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | L2 - - 8MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - 2MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | 
| L3 - 4MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - 8MB SLC Cache | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 16GB 16GB | Max Memory 6GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 933MHz 800MHz Transfer Rate 1866MT/s 1600MT/s | Clock 2133MHz Transfer Rate 4266MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 14.9GB/s 12.8GB/s Bandwidth 29.9GB/s 25.6GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 34.1GB/s Bandwidth 68.3GB/s | 
| TDP 5W 4W cTDP Down 7W cTDP Up - | TDP 8W - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| PCIe 3.0 x10 Lanes | No PCIe | 
| UHD 615 23EU 900MHz 184 Shaders 900MHz 330 GFLOPS FP32 | 8-Core A12Z 512 Shaders 1125MHz 1.15 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| No NPU - | - | 
| - - | - 8 Cores | 
| -  | 5 TOPS FP16 | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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